Unlike the Maori and other Pacific Islanders, the Aborigines don’t show copious evidence of a strong seagoing culture. I would think that this would spark discussion of possible alternative scenarios, not just for humans in Australia but for primates in general, rather than a presumption of humans “island-hopping,” which presumes that one would want or need to do such a thing. Yowie evidence seems to have more frequency and coherence than I initially thought, which means one of two things (other than crazy people hallucinating): either the Yowie – if, of course, it’s real – isn’t a primate, or there needs to be a better theory out there than no-fossils-equals-no-primates-thus-humans-had-to-immigrate.

No fossils means no fossils. Yet. Both the Yowie and humans could have immigrated; but a thesis needs to be worked out about when and how that holds water.

That the Aborigines “island-hopped” has to be carefully correlated with when that would have been feasible. A land-bridge hypothesis has to pass the same scrutiny. As I understand it, there are still sizable gaps in both theories. And again, Oz is, strictly speaking, an island. (Size alone has been used to disquallify it.) That a large chunk of the Aboriginal population would have simply trekked inland and tossed seafaring doesn’t seem to square with what we know about other cultures that obviously possessed the capability.

]]>By: napalmnaceyhttp://cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/yowie-sighted-by-motorist/comment-page-1/#comment-68615
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:21:43 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/?p=42055#comment-68615Wait… what? Did you or did you not say this:

I used to consider the yowie ridiculous. But of course I was going on the pat scientific model that says there’s no primates in Oz. But there’s still no certainty how the Aborigines – who basically lack the seafaring culture that appears a requirement – got there. (Based on what’s known about sasquatch, we could at least postulate that the yowie swam there.) And no fossils – yet – doesn’t mean anything, other than no fossils, yet.

Now, if you weren’t trying to say that the Indigenous Australian population were not able to get to Australia on their own, or didn’t have the technology to, and that is somehow linked to the Yowie, then I apologise.

If you did, however, then you’ll be waiting for an apology for a long time because it’s a rather insulting idea to the Indigenous Australian people.

I didn’t put a thing in my post that so much as implies what you’re outright stating. If you can’t see that, you certainly aren’t thinking like a scientist. No big surprise in this trying-to-be-a-field.

You can apologize whenever you’re ready.

(Totally junking something so useful as a seafaring culture seems a very unusual thing to postulate, to say the least.)

]]>By: napalmnaceyhttp://cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/yowie-sighted-by-motorist/comment-page-1/#comment-68560
Tue, 31 May 2011 07:23:17 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/?p=42055#comment-68560I’m sorry, DWA, but postulating that the Aboriginal People came from Yowies is a little far-fetched (And offensive and othering to boot). There have been scads of DNA tests done to ascertain how the Aboriginal people got here in Australia, and an island-hopping coastal route when the sea levels were lower is the accepted answer. Surely we can speculate on the existence of a hominin primate on the Australian continent without othering and separating the Aboriginal people from the rest of humanity? Plus suggesting that they couldn’t build boats to get here is also rather insulting to them as a people. If they’re ingenious enough to survive at least 40,000 years on this harsh continent with just their wits, then yes, they can build a small boat and hop islands in an earlier time with a lower sea level.
]]>By: DWAhttp://cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/yowie-sighted-by-motorist/comment-page-1/#comment-68321
Wed, 25 May 2011 13:53:52 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/?p=42055#comment-68321Toss it in the hopper, Cropper.

Um, sorry.

All you can do with one sighting is: well, there’s another one. That sounds like other ones, a point in its favor.

I used to consider the yowie ridiculous. But of course I was going on the pat scientific model that says there’s no primates in Oz. But there’s still no certainty how the Aborigines – who basically lack the seafaring culture that appears a requirement – got there. (Based on what’s known about sasquatch, we could at least postulate that the yowie swam there.) And no fossils – yet – doesn’t mean anything, other than no fossils, yet.

Unless somebody puts in the time on long-term stakeout, we won’t know, unless we get really lucky.